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Mystery Monday: metal head

It took us decades to notice a row of creatures like this one atop a pair of campus gates. Are they donkeys? Mythical yales? Let us know what you... Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 1 2021 08:00am | 2 comments
Mystery Monday: fence sitters

The International Room in Sterling Memorial Library was once the Yale Memorabilia room, and its shelves are decorated with scenes of extracurricular... Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 8 2021 08:05am | 1 comment
Mystery Monday: roofline

Today’s mystery requires looking up: what well-preserved campus building’s cornice and dormers are shown here? Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 25 2021 08:23am | 2 comments
Mystery Monday: on the fence

This ornamental detail on a Yale fence is in bloom year-round. Does anyone know where it is? Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 11 2021 08:13am | 2 comments
Mystery Monday: a trio from Yale’s past

Some of the stone carvings on the new residential colleges refer to deep cuts from campus history. Does anyone know who is depicted in this relief... Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 4 2021 08:00am | 2 comments
Mystery Monday: snowy sculpture

This piece by an American artist used to be in the Art Gallery’s sculpture garden, but now it's outside Street Hall facing Chapel Street. Who... Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 21 2020 07:54am | 2 comments
Mystery Monday: whooo knows?

Scientists tell us that crows are a lot smarter than owls, but the owls must have had a better PR team, because you can find their likenesses all... Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 14 2020 08:55am | 2 comments
Mystery Monday: a touch of Venice

This view of Stoeckel Hall is nearly a month old, but we couldn’t let autumn end without sharing it. The mystery: who knows what this Venetian... Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 7 2020 10:29am | 3 comments
Mystery Monday: by the numbers

We’re approaching the quasquicentennial of the graduation of the alums memorialized in this piece of campus hardware. Who can say where... Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 30 2020 08:35am
Mystery Monday: found art

We’ve been told that this sculpture near the campus was made from pieces of Yale’s old printing press at 149 York Street. Can anyone... Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 23 2020 08:10am | 2 comments
Mystery Monday: beauty overhead

To appreciate Yale’s architecture fully, you have to remember to look up sometimes. Does anyone recognize this ceiling? Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 9 2020 08:00am
Mystery Monday: passing through

Scores of students every day pass through the Noah Porter Gate and along the walk shown here. Who knows Yale’s official name for this pedestrian... Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 2 2020 07:56am | 2 comments
Mystery Monday: spooning

Today’s mystery concerns this carving in Sterling Memorial Library’s International Room: what Yale tradition is depicted here? And... Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 26 2020 08:45am | 2 comments
Mystery Monday: round here

You walked by this ornamented opening countless times if you went to Yale. Anyone remember where it is? Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 19 2020 08:03am | 3 comments
Mystery Monday: hand in hand

Let’s hope these two hand-holders are in the same pandemic bubble. Does anyone where on campus to find this stone carving? Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 5 2020 07:50am | 2 comments
Mystery Monday: hands up if you know this one

This is one of two light fixtures held up by massive stone hands. Do you know where they can be found? Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 28 2020 08:03am | 3 comments
Mystery Monday: old friend

This face may be familiar: it’s been gone for a while but recently arrived back on campus. Anybody recognize it? Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 21 2020 07:57am | 2 comments
Mystery Monday: finishing touch

This may be the hardest Mystery Monday we’ve done yet. Can anyone identify the building where this fancy finial can be found? Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 12 2020 08:10am | 1 comment
Mystery Monday: gotta stand for something

This light fixture hangs over the door to a campus building. Who knows which one—and what the initials “YSM” stand for? Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 14 2020 08:10am | 1 comment
Mystery Monday: open-and-shut case

This week’s mystery: where on campus can you find windows with these distinctive shutters? Read on

Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 24 2020 08:17am | 2 comments

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